Cisco planning to slash 4,000 jobs “to focus on AI” – one of the many, many companies using the AI wave to optimize resource internally

However, AI is NOT taking jobs.

The telephone or the personal computer weren’t taking jobs at large.

Nor was the Internet.

But professionals failing to adapt will be let behind those who leverage new technology and innovations.

AI presents opportunities for professionals to hone their skills and produce better results in less time.

1. Sales professionals can leverage better playbooks and overcome obstacles with AI.
2. Marketers can craft better and smarter content and iterate on A/B tests faster.
3. Engineers can pull up code snippets and integrate services faster.
4. CEOs can analyze data and build business plans with aggregate knowledge.

Global productivity is increasing rapidly. Leverage the new tech and grow revenue and profitability opportunities instead of worrying about the implications of AI.

Some immediate fixes if you aren’t diving into AI deeply:

1. Look up ChatGPT’s competitors. Gemini (formerly Bard), Claude, Grok excel at different problems. Perplexity has strong search support, too.

2. Whenever you don’t use media, use DALL-E or other AI creators – AdCreative AI being one example for speeding up creative time, Canva has an AI generator as well.

3. Search for industry-specific AI tools. Tons of integrations across virtually every industry.

4. Master your prompts. Most people fail in AI because they drop a half-baked sentence and expect miracles. AI is a new employee in their first week: as senior as they are, they don’t know your processes, requirements, communication style, internal practices, competitors, tooling, and other limitations. Detailed prompts are worth their weight in gold.


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My name is Mario Peshev, a global SME Business Advisor running digital businesses for 20 the past years.

Born in Bulgaria, Europe, I gained diverse management experience through my training work across Europe, North America, and the Arab world. With 10,000+ hours in consulting and training for organizations like SAP, VMware, CERN, I’ve dedicated a huge amount of my time to helping hundreds of SMEs growing in different stages of the business lifecycle.

My martech agency DevriX grew past 50 people and ranks as a top 10 WordPress global agency and Growth Blueprint, my advisory firm, has served 400+ SME founders and executives with monthly ongoing strategy sessions.


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